Blood pressure is called “hypertension” in the medical
world. When your blood pressure is consistently above the
ideal 120/80, you are generally considered “hypertensive”. A
high blood pressure is genetically predisposed in some
individuals, but aside from genes, there are other factors
that also contribute to it.
To make you better understand high blood pressure or
hypertension, you should know what hypertension really is.
When your blood pressure is taken, what is actually measured
is the amount of pressure your blood is exerting against the
walls of your blood vessels. When you get a higher number,
it means that more pressure is being forced against those
walls.
Imagine a balloon with water being filled in it. When more
water is being put in the balloon, it stretches out to
contain the waterup to a certain point. You will see the
balloon thinning out as it gets fuller, and eventually
breaks if you continue putting water into it. So you should be nature oriented to avoid high blood pressure
If you allow your blood pressure to get high and remain
there unchecked, your vessels will suffer the same fate as
the overfilled balloon. They can and will eventually burst.
The location of the burst vessel determines the severity of
the results. If it’s a brain vessel, you can have a stroke.
If it’s a vessel that feeds blood to the heart, you can have
a heart attack or suffer complete heart failure. In order to prevent stroke you should keep your blood pressure down (more…)